The ultimate "biggest, tallest, smallest etc." thread

[Jimi75]

Lets put some of this stuff into this thread here. Biggest, tallest, fastest, farest, ect.

I'd like to start with the tallest man, named Robert Wadlow, who has ever lived. 2,72m = 8,92 foot.

http://www.gigantism.com/giant.html

Click the link below the picture to see a short movie in English about this guy. Unbelievable.

Here are 2009 fastest 10 cars:
http://www.thesupercars.org/fastest-cars/fastest-cars-in-the-world-top-10-list/

:dude

[markb]

The kakapo (population 123), world's biggest parrot :AOK

http://parrotquest.com/the-kakapo-parrot-of-new-zealand/

Here's Scirocco, famous for upstaging Stephen Fry

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[Robert]

Biggest Ego - Yngwie Malmsteen or Ritchie Blackmore?

[Spudman]

Biggest veins - Roberto
Biggest laugh - amph with screamin solos

[Tig]

My favorite size comparison:

http://www.kiroastro.com/images/perspective/earth1.jpg
http://www.kiroastro.com/images/perspective/earth2.jpg
http://www.kiroastro.com/images/perspective/sun1.jpg
http://www.kiroastro.com/images/perspective/sun2.jpg
http://www.kiroastro.com/images/perspective/stars.jpg

Wow, I feel so small now!

[sunvalleylaw]

Tig, that was very cool! What is the source for that?

[Tig]

Tig, that was very cool! What is the source for that?

kiroastro.com

Here's a really cool video about the new Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, which basically is an infrared telescope that is housed in a 747. It will fly at 40,000 feet, above the humidity and other problems that plague ground based telescopes. They plan on using it for almost 20 years!

NASA unveils the new craft that will be the centerpiece of its mission to unveil the secrets of the Universe.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/science/nature/8638566.stm

[Blaze]

There had been many strongestman in the history but this one is the one..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Cyr


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[Tig]

OK, scratch the first one and check out this animated GIF... The first collection of pictures was only halfway through the size scale!

http://i43.tinypic.com/t5lkqs.gif

:what